Noxsquad Gameshow
The Noxsquad Gameshow is a project created by the Noxsquad, a community of people built around the projects of the Noxcrew.
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NOB: Season 1 - Applications Open!That's right! Applications for the Noxsquad Gameshow: Season 1 have now opened! You can submit your application here. If you'd like to talk to others about the season, then why not join our discord? And if you want to see the original post explaining what's going on, then you can find that here. If you have any other questions, feel free to get in touch via our discord, or to send us a tweet @RASA_Studios. -The RASA Studios TeamThu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/NOB/2018-03-01-season-1-applications-open
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/NOB/2018-03-01-season-1-applications-openNOB: The Noxsquad Gameshow: Season 1Wow, a season 1? That’s right, it’s coming: the Noxsquad Gameshow Season 1! Now what is the Noxsquad Gameshow Season 1? Let me explain that to you. In the past we, RASA Studios, have always done live renditions of the Noxsquad Gameshow. But since the moment we started, we all wanted to be able to make a full-fledged production to be released on YouTube: to finally do a show that is pre-recorded. However, to be able to do a pre-recorded show we can no longer use our old Noxcrew vs Fans system we had in place. Now that only means one thing: we need you! Yes you read that right, you the reader, we need you! You need me? For the Noxsquad Gameshow Season 1, we will be looking for a total of eight teams to face-off against each other and win that fabulous trophy. The applications will open on the 1st of March 2018 and will close on the 31st of March 2018. That means you have one month to send us your application, but don’t worry you can already prepare some things now if you want. So, what do you need to apply? A team should consist of three members, that could be you and your two best friends, you and your parents, or just you and some random people you picked out yourself. All three members of the team should have a working microphone and should be willing to have their voice heard in the episodes of the Noxsquad Gameshow Season 1. As the Noxsquad Gameshow takes place within Minecraft, each member will need to have their own Minecraft Java Edition account. To register your team we will need the following information from each team member: Name (most likely how your teammates refer to you) An email address (that way we can contact you easily) Minecraft username (make sure you use the right capitalization) Discord username (for example: test#0001) Your age (that just gives us a bit better view on who you are, minimum age of 13 years old) What microphone you use Now we don’t only want to know more about the team members, but also the following things about the team as a whole: Team name A video (or audio) recording of you as a team How about that recording then? Now the most difficult thing here is most likely the recording of you as a team; this is your audition. With the recordings we would like to discover a little more about you guys, but also about the chemistry you have. You can tell us anything you’d like in there, just be yourselves! You can record that with any software you want, edit it however you want. Then all you need to do is upload it to youtube (or an equivalent). Once the applications open you can fill in all this information in a special form, but until then, just collect. Once the applications open we will announce it via all our regular channels, so make sure to check those out! If you have any questions feel free to contact Evul on our discord or send us a tweet @RASA_Studios. -The RASA Studios TeamSat, 03 Feb 2018 17:00:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/NOB/2018-02-03-the-noxsquad-gameshow-season-1
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/NOB/2018-02-03-the-noxsquad-gameshow-season-1MissPlaying: RASA Studios Stands Up To CancerRASA Studios is going to be hosting a 24 hour charity livestream next Saturday (25-26th November) in aid of Stand Up To Cancer. The stream will be starting at around 12PM GMT on Saturday, and we'll be going for a full 24 hours (at least!) with many members of RASA Studios. You can read more about it at our website, standup.rasastudios.net. On that website, you can find our proposed schedule for the stream, as well as a link to donate. We'd really appreciate if you could help out, even if it's just a little bit. Cancer is something that strikes very close to home for some of us in the team, and we'd like to do our bit to help out. We hope that you'll join us next Saturday at 12PM GMT on the RASA Studios Twitch Channel!Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:30:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/MissPlaying/2017-11-15-rasa-studios-stands-up-to-cancer
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/MissPlaying/2017-11-15-rasa-studios-stands-up-to-cancerJammy4312: Website UpdatedHi there! You might be able to tell, but the website looks a bit different than it used to. I've been hard at work for the last few days redesigning the site in order to make it easier to maintain. The previous version of the website... ...and the new version The old version of the website was based on a template created by Joash Pereira, which I began modifying all the way back in May/June of 2016. Since then, I've added information about the live shows we've put on, the members of our team and even the blog that you're reading right now. However, over time, things have become more and more difficult to keep on top of - especially this blog! More specifically, the blog required adding all of the information required for each post to a single html file manually, and often I'd forget to change, say, the name of the author or the title of the page. I've now reworked a lot of this so that it's a lot harder for me to do that, and hopefully that should mean that I can reduce the turn-around time on uploading members' posts! Woop! Also, I added pagination to the main blog index, and it works! I know it's a small thing, but it's something that makes me happier with the state of the website. If you have anything that you'd like to say about the website, then please send a message through the RASA Studios Contact Page - be sure to mention "NSGS Website" at the top of your message. I look forward to hearing from you, and I hope you enjoy the redesign!Sun, 17 Sep 2017 14:00:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Jammy4312/2017-09-17-website-updated
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Jammy4312/2017-09-17-website-updatedJammy4312: Production - How do?I decided to do something a little different on the blog today, and had an interview with one of the other members of the production team for RASA Studios, Evulminiman. So, Evul, let's get this started. What would you say your "job title" is within the team? Well at some point we decided that I would be in charge of the production side of the things we do. Which is accompanied by two titles, we don’t really like the term leader and stuff like that so internally I am the “Spirit Guide of Production & Organisation”, but to still look professional to the outside we then call it a “Director of Production & Organisation”. So, put simply, you’re the person that’s in charge of the production side of RASA Studios’s projects. What sort of areas are there outside of building? Well it is quite the collection. First of all we work on the livestream events, things like Noxsquad Gameshow Live. Getting together all the crew we want for it, cameras, helpbots. We have a bunch of editors creating videos for these livestreams, but they’ve also been working on being able to release gameshow videos to YouTube. Music, art, our teamspeak, but also connections we have with other parties, like the Noxcrew or Gameshow Central. Then lastly we have promotion, things like twitter, and in some way even this interview. So yeah the things that have nothing to do with Minecraft. So that would explain why you keep telling me what to do, then. Yeah, sorry about that. Anyway, you mentioned the livestream events. As I’m sure people are aware, we’re going to be hosting the fourth episode of the Gameshow in less than three weeks’ time. The last episode that we saw was last November, when Noxite, Shronky and Skyao faced off against… fans, wasn’t it? How did that idea come about? Yes, it was an interesting concept and I'll be quite fair - I don’t really remember how that came to be anymore. If I recall correctly, and correct me if I am wrong because I believe you also played a major part, you had created a system that allows us to do that, just as a little passtime and then we thought why not just use it. Do you know what, I think that’s right. I created a system to change around the players that were on the yellow team, and we realised that it was actually quite a good idea to have for the next episode of the gameshow. Seeing as we’re having the yellow team as a fans team again this time, I guess we’ll be using it again soon! You also mentioned that you coordinate the crew, could you tell us about that? What sort of a cohort goes into making a livestream of the gameshow work? Obviously you have the roles that everyone sees: the host, commentators, helpbots, ref, bushter, cameras. Then you have a bunch of minecraft tech people on the server, those make sure all the redstone works and if it breaks they fix it. Those are all people who have to be on the server because of their role. Then we have people who do things not in minecraft; someone who mixes the music, someone who moves people in teamspeak, someone who picks the fans to play. Then lastly there is my job, the camera switching part, and playing the videos and everything, I always like to call that the live production. Ah, I see! Camera switching has always seemed like a stressful job, so I’m glad I’ve not got to do it! Also, I was wondering, you mentioned Teamspeak for a moment there. Since this stream is going to feature a “fans” team, how are we going to be choosing our contestants? Are there any major requirements for people wanting to play? The fans will be picked in roughly the same way we did last time. A question will be asked at those in the right channel and the people that answer correctly first get picked to play on the fans team that round. The requirements for playing are just having a minecraft (java) account. Being able to talk isn’t even necessary, but it does make communicating with your team a lot more difficult. That seems reasonable. We’ve got some games on the dial this time that will probably require collaboration within the team, so I’d guess a microphone would help. Anyway, Evul, thank you for joining me today! We’ve learned more about what goes into the production side of the gameshow and RASA. If anybody has any questions, then they can reach us through Twitter through the @RASA_Studios account - we can both get to your queries there. Anything else you’d like to say? Don’t really think so, just to tell everyone to make sure to come check out the show, because it is going to be pretty epic! Of course I should also thank you for interviewing me, it was quite enjoyable. I’d be glad to do it again, thanks man!Sun, 06 Aug 2017 11:00:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Jammy4312/2017-08-06-production-how-do
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Jammy4312/2017-08-06-production-how-doNOB: Stream 4 AnnouncementThe Noxcrew: a collective of creativity and fun. Over the years, the crew has sent more than 24 contestants through their games and challenges. Some lost, some won. Some won more than others. Lets change things up a bit. Built by the brilliant Noxsquad community's team RASA Studios, the ultimate revenge is here. Welcome to: The Noxsquad Gameshow! What is the Noxsquad Gameshow? Who's Invited? YOU! Everyone is invited to watch the rivalry unfold, and this time, to join in! When is it? 19th August 2017 6:30pm BST (Countdown Timer) Where do I join? The RASA Studios Twitch Channel and The RASA Studios Teamspeak Server (IP will be announced closer to the show)! Based on the hit YouTube series 'The Noxcrew Gameshow' and built on the RASA Studios build server, The Noxsquad Gameshow is built by the community for the community. In a dark run down factory, a secret sect of the community plots deep into the night. Kidnapping three prominent members of the Noxcrew and another three from the Twitch chat in a move to be reported online as "Almost routine by now" and "Beginning to get repetitive", they will battle in 3v3 combat throughout a combination of spinoffs and brand-new, original games! No, please don't do it. Please, I actually legit beg you. Stuart, 2017 After over nine months since our last show, and half a year of blood, sweat and tears, RASA Studios is back to bring you a brand new show! This time around, we've used a team of 30 builders, thousands of blocks, 4 cameras, 3 spirit guides, 2 commentators, 1 host, 2 scanning bays, 21 cars, 4312 chickens, half a cyborg, 34 gravestones, 340 clones, 1 Bushter, 8 games, 8 piangles, 3 editors, dozens of trees, no scripts, no train models, too many hours of artwork, 1 glitchy N.O.B., 73 OakleyB shrines, too many magic squares, 3 french hens, 2 turtle doves and a Referee in a pear tree. We've really put a lot of work into it, and we're sure that you'll enjoy it! It's more than just a fourth episode, it's a re-invention of what it means to be a gameshow. Dwittyy, 2017 This is the fourth time that the community has grouped together to present an episode of the gameshow to the world. The first three happened throughout last year, and you can catch them here: The Teams stand thus: Yellow Team (The Fans Team) You! You can join in as well! First of all, make sure that you have Teamspeak 3 installed - you'll need it to play! Then, join our temporary Discord server where we'll be selecting contestants from. Be sure to brush up on your trivia knowledge! Disclaimer: Any individual who has worked on the Noxsquad Gameshow and/or any games featuring in this episode will not be eligible to play on the Yellow Team in this episode. RASA Studios reserves the right to make such a judgement on the night. Blue Team (Artistic Vampire Noxlets) Noxite Noctis_Mori Skyao SO DON'T FORGET! Noxsquad Gameshow RASA Studios Twitch Channel and Teamspeak Server 19th August 2017, 6:30PM BST (Countdown Timer) Everyone is welcome!!!Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:00:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/NOB/2017-07-29-stream-4-announcement
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/NOB/2017-07-29-stream-4-announcementParadox: A Student's Stroll in HellHullo! Bit of prior warning here, this might be a little bit of a ramble style post, so be warned! So, it's that time of the year every student hates. Exam season! I personally can find nothing worse than sitting in a room for 2 hours, having to remain silent the whole time, and having an internal meltdown when you don't know the first question, and think that your life is pretty much over, because that is me literally all the time when it comes to exams. You see, I like to procrastinate, and I do it a lot, way more than I should, but if I had the choice between my computer or maths revision, i'm going to choose my computer, it's a horrible habit that I have that I must one day get out of, but for now it will have to be there, lurking in the corner, waiting until I feel most productive to strike, and it always does. Every. Single. Time. For some exams, certain people can fly through them, and be done with time to spare, usually this is because they have revised enough, or have a passion in the subject, whereas for me, a lot of my exams contain science or maths, and I am not a logical person, I am a creative one, give me a script to learn, easy peasy, ask me to work out the quadratic equation for a triangle, I can't, and revisions supposed to help, and it does, but only sometimes. I can be sitting down at my desk, creating sheets and sheets of revision notes, and not learn a single thing off them, simply because my brain doesn't want to, and for some reason it decides that any piece of information it is given, it will not remember. I am a very forgetful person, and strikes especially bad, at the most inconvenient of times, someone asked you to remember something? Too bad, something brought up in conversation regarding a past event? Too bad. It really is a curse. This may sound all doom and gloom to you, but in all honestly, it depends on the exam I am sitting, for example, if I am sitting an exam that is more writing than working out, I will be fine, English I partially excel at this, and wish to take it to university if all my roads lead the right way for me, but it depends what happens in the next few years, and how I feel then. Exams though, are something everyone has to go through at one point in their lives, and will certainly drive them down a stressful road, and as every teenager in the country is sitting the same exams at the moment, only time will tell how it will turn out. But, atleast we all still have our health. Until next time, Cherio! -Paradox <3Tue, 23 May 2017 17:00:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Paradox/2017-05-23-a-students-stroll-in-hell
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Paradox/2017-05-23-a-students-stroll-in-hellParadox: Far FriendshipsHullo! This week is going to be a terrifying one for me. This weekend (14th and 15th April) I'm off to Insomnia 60, which is an amazing gaming convention that is held in the N.E.C (National Exhibition Center) in Birmingham. It's an amazing place, and there is loads to do: you can try out upcoming games, buy loads and loads of cool merch, see live e-sports, as well as meet youtubers and other cool people in the gaming industry, but one of the main parts of me going is that I will be meeting my friends. But these friends are not like traditional friends, they are my internet friends from all over the UK. It's a strange prospect. Imagine talking to someone for a year and a half online, and then one day instead of video chats they are standing there, talking, walking, just like they would be, but instead of talking through a screen you're facing each other. I have met a few of my online friends through previous Insomnias, but this time will certainly be the biggest one for me, because there are so many people going that I know, and everything is thrown into perspective. These are real people, that have feelings and emotions, and I know it takes so much courage going to a place to meet one another. I remember my first time I was super nervous and awkward, but after around an hour of hanging out with these people, they are just like you know them online, and that's when things get amazing. You can actually see this ‘amazing' taking place: just look at our Insomnia Gifs, you can see the friendships in the gifs. People treat each other like their normal friends they would meet in real life, and it is awesome. I want to give you a bit of story that I can actually explain more on, so I want to direct you to this Gif. That was at Insomnia 58, you're probably wondering ‘Who's that weird guy with the Robin Hood hat, dancing with someone?'. Well, that is me in the green hat (ignore the hat for a minute, we'll get back to that). Keep in mind, only one or two hours ago from when that gif was taken, I was an awkward teenager, so much so, what happened, I played the Noxcrew's game and then had to wait outside the exit, hoping that someone would see me. Luckily, one of the moderators - The_NeonGhost - noticed me, hugged me, we had a short conversation and then she proceeded to get Noxite to say hello, and keep in mind, I was still standing awkwardly by the exit, but he came over, we hugged, and I was so awkward he had to invite me back into the booth. So in the space of a few hours, I went from an awkward, shy, teenager, to merrily jumping around the booth, with one of my internet friends, in a green pointy hat. So although things may seem awkward at first give it time, and it will sure be better. Oh! And the green pointy hat, it has a deeper story than you might first think, some people might think its just a hat, but to me it was embodiment of my online persona and self, and whenever I'm in the company of internet friends, at one point or another I will wear a hat, so ever since that green pointy hat, I've worn a different hat to every Insomnia. The following Insomnia, Insomnia 59, I wore a earflap winter hat, and to Insomnia 60, I'm planning on wearing the mad hatters top hat, so it's sort of a strange tradition I've made for myself. But I cannot wait until Friday, it literally cannot come quick enough, as soon as it comes, I am going to be really happy, and even though I am doing 18 hours of travelling in 2 days, it will all be totally worth it to meet and hug the awesome people that make up this amazing community. I think it's something crazy, like, 20 people I know are going, and there are loads of them that I am meeting in real life for the first time, but I just have to get through the next 2 days, and as soon as thats done, Im ready to experience what awesome things Insomnia and this community has in store for me :) Until next time Cherio! -Paradox <3Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:45:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Paradox/2017-04-12-far-friendships
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Paradox/2017-04-12-far-friendshipsDarkWriting: Game Making with Connor - Part 1Hey I’m Connor (DarkWriting) and I am a tech on the gameshow, I have also built some of the games that have been played during it. One of the main aspects of my job is to make sure games work and anything needed redstone wise also works. One of the problems we face is games. Sometimes we have good ideas but they end up not working out, sometimes we have terrible ideas that we need to get done in a week (*cough* Journey to puzzle towers *cough*) and ends up being great. The big thing is to try and even if you fail try again or even try make it better. So I've decided to make some posts about game development and design. Now I'm going to go into details and personal tips and tricks around making a gameshow game. So first things first you need an idea. Now this could be anything from a PvP to a Puzzle (Dwottyy is going to kill me for using that word) game. So the idea I'm going to talk is Colour Chaos. This game is an arcade game that focuses as a non-combat style arena brawl. The main focus of this game is to paint the most overall area with your team colours. The other part of this is that the other team is able to paint over your area and that every minute they’re is a chance that a door will open to another area on the map. Now the main thing to think about when designing a game is Level design and Mechanics. These will be broken down into further points that I will get into at a later date. Level design Level design can change the game in many ways, if the level design is not properly planned out and causes players to become frustrated with it and couple of problems may arise, Firstly, the players may become angry at the level and be less likely to want to try / play the game. Secondly, the mechanics you chosen to use may help shape your level and help make the level design easier, this can also be reversed as the mechanics could also make your level look worse as you will be catering to the mechanics rather than design. Mechanics This is the bread and butter of your game, without good mechanics the game will fail. The biggest tip I can give anyone is be creative with your mechanics, no-one wants to play the same game over and over again, when think of a mechanic to use put it through the 5 points system: Will this be fun for the user? Does this make the game too easy / hard? Can I actually make this and make it effectively? Is there any problems that could arise from this mechanic? How will this impact my level design? Once you have went through these 5 points and are still happy with the mechanic then you can go ahead and make a prototype! This prototype allows us to see the mechanic being used and from this we can analyse to see if the mechanic is still viable. If it still is then it’s time to make it as efficient as possible. Now just go and build your build and just keep on trying as eventually you will make a game that people enjoy!Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:30:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/DarkWriting/2017-04-02-game-making-with-connor-part-1
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/DarkWriting/2017-04-02-game-making-with-connor-part-1Paradox: First ContactWhy, hello there person of the internet! It seems you have stumbled upon my small corner of this website, so I guess let's introduce ourselves. Hello, I'm Paradox, I am one half of the commentating team for the Noxsquad Gameshow, and I am typically found in the land of the sheep (Wales for you non-Welsh folk). I am writing here to welcome myself to this corner of the website, which was so kindly made by our very own, Mr Jammy4312. I aim to write more blogs on this part, detailing about me and other things such as my commentating skills (if there are any) and just other strange stuff that might pass my mind. I hope you enjoy your time frolicking around this bit of the website. It is certainly the coolest (you know, because I'm here). You can typically find me on the Noxcrew Teamspeak, and feel free to say hello if you ever see me around: I promise I won't bite! Something you should also know about me is that I am a huge Doctor Who fan, like you cannot believe - we have a few people on here like that, and it's lovely to speak my theories on who the next Doctor might possibly be, and what might happen in the next episode. I also do the same with Sherlock, so if you love shows like that, you’ll certainly love our Teamspeak on the nights they're on. We are all generally a fun bunch of people, quite strange at times, and it is a very lovely place to hang around :P I will hopefully be writing more in the near future, so be prepared for those, because only God knows what they will be about (probably whatever enters my head) Until Next time! Cherio! -Paradox <3Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:25:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Paradox/2017-04-02-first-contact
http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Paradox/2017-04-02-first-contactJammy4312: Welcome!Hello! My name is Jammy, and I'm one of the members of the Noxsquad Gameshow team. Amongst other roles, I'm responsible for running our website. And, in my infinite wisdom, I thought that it would be an absolutely fantastic idea to set up a section of the website as a blog! I mean, it's not like this is going to come back to haunt me in a few months' time... So, yes! In the future, be sure to check back for more posts from other people in the NSGS team! There's an awful lot of us covering a wide range of specialities, so there's bound to be something that you'll find interesting!Sat, 18 Feb 2017 01:30:00 +0000http://nsgs.noxcrew.com/blog/Jammy4312/2017-02-18-welcome
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